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David C. Coll received the B.Eng. degree in Engineering Physics and the M.Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from McGill University, Montreal. He studied Information Theory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, and received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Carleton University.
From 1956 to 1967, he was with the Defence Research Board of Canada where he worked in communications and signal processing. In 1967 he joined the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University. He was Chairman of the Department from 1975 to 1978 and again in 1988/89.
Professor Coll lectures in the areas of Computer and Communications Engineering. His research interests are in the broad field of information technology (telecommunications, computers and signal processing) and its applications, particularly digital television and communications in broadband multimedia networks. His current research is focused on digital image processing and the use of multimedia telecommunications in distance education. He is also concerned with the philosophy of technology and its societal impact, engineering education, and the practice of professional engineering.
Dr. Coll is a Life Fellow of the IEEE, and a Distinguished Speaker of the IEEE Communications Society. He is a member of SMPTE and a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario.
Dr. Coll is a member, and Past Chair, of the Academic Requirements Committee of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario, Co-Chair of the Appraisals Committee of the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies, the Chair of the CCPE Computer Engineering Syllabus Committee, a member of the Canadian JTC1/SC29 Multimedia and Hypermedia Standards Advisory Committee, and a member of the board of the Ottawa Valley Information Technology Alliance.
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